Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-06-11
SOME CURIOUS WILLS
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Religious Ohasscsss

The arut v,,l On reoOrd In tho register
office Of Lancaster county IVES probatsd Ol
March 80, 1850 II WAS that Of Cad waiads
Ellis, aud bcgan with ,hs iorn In vogue tho,
and which Il all, Aiherei 10 by many scriy
enerA II b~sins,
"lp tho name Of g. NJ, Amen. I, Cad wsls
der Eilts, ot CprnAJvot,, In the county %
Lancaster Snd Province Of rsnusylysnia
husbandman, being tick aud weak In bod "
but ot .ound snd perfect memory, thsnka b
ven to Almighty uod, DO make this my
last Will and testament IN ~ ,nner ana form,
following Uhat IL To say: First / give aud
"vueath NY snul intr TIE hands Of Jesus
Chtis', my gracious II 'dee,ner, by whuss
mercy | hope T. b. saved, and my bpdy
Gently burie,."
Another early form u,
"kno~ihg that II In appointod tor all ,nen
70 uie, l would iDat ~ this NY last Will and
testament, Rru ] r,cnnu,end my soul to Gof
who gave II, and NY body To the 10, th u be
buried"
Another is
"l direct my body tn TO decsuiiy buried
~ tue discretion Oi my friends, nothing
doubling hut at tho last day l sh Ill receive
tie satne agHln."
MUST onEY THEIR MOTHER
In the early part ~ the century ~ \ will
In which the testator gives hts whole estate
To his wife, hut he OF Joins upon her to give
each child 10 ~, clothes and learning for
seven years, and good suit Of clothes aud
bedding when they leave home But he
provides " the children do not obey their
mother they are to bo sent away from home,
but she In 10 pay for their manlenauce
Here In another form:
"CsilinE to remembrance the uncertain ~.
tate of this trau STORY li'e, aud that all flesh
must yield unto death when II shalt please
God to call, make this my last wilt"
Hore II = peculisr testament:
a.. D., IL, the - day OF - In my
sickness have wit this ~ to show my wiio
has to behave h.rs.i II | should die" lie
then gees ON aud disposes of his property aud
cor ciud,s 10y stating that II she should come
To marry ssain, then his property IL to be
diNidtd, according to his brUtheIIy orders
nnd the custom Of The country.
THIS Is the beginning Of few wills pr ID ted
In 1885:
bepueath my soul to God " no rave Il,
and my body to bs buried In . ChristiAn and
decent manner, not doubling In the least but
the last day, and that my soul and body shall
be united and stand before the judgment ssa,
OF Christ, our only Lord and Savior"
tequeath my soul 70 God, my maker,
hoping that through the death aud merits
ann mt distion Of Jesus Christ to receive free
pardon of all my sins"
81 hfN recommend my immuJtal spirit
unto tho hsuds o nv great tr, apr, t,u.tiog
III tut htfi'N tl uN th~tt savior ] " pardon
and remission OF All uIy sins aut u happy a,i-
mission into tle reg ~ uf 'lisS Atd IpIInor
tslity"
WILLS IN GERMAN
In the eMiy pa oi the present century
willis written In the GciIu.u gusgc were
not recorded. They sero Tecaived sld lied
Now the register has them recorded IN Ger.
man Rnd u trau auslatiou m mads OF than Ia Epx
lish Tor r,,Iei cc, which IL very convenient
for those having to look ut thsnI who do not
under stand tho German
For the past MY year. will. ~ri.,su by
others than cnurtry scfiveners DO not nave
the preliminary Tsasrsihs above no'pd. As
sruie, they begin, " Being wsas o! body, but
sound 81 fnind, make this NY Las, Will and
tsstauent The following paragraph Is Ia
= will wous.sd within the past III oeu years
and no upi" PECULIAR pIsSraph eau b,
found IL al the record books oi the registers
Office:
81 Ie"m II night in this solemn and im-
pOrtant ACT III NV IIo tn auJ III m" 70 'lpNiux
Ttflec'iCh-, s"'ing ti.ti ali things nr" i,.risr
ing and sui jet tn change aEd decay, lot u-
~ pArsit-, u iIldrgu, r"i atoms aud iiIsnos,
set K through Jesus CAfi,t to secure All In
betitanc. among III. fsjeoDeh IN the New
Heaven and NsS E,rth, that viii be cndur.
ing and shall p'N no. never, ia ie away"
These are only extracts from few oi the
curious wills on Il u IN the registers cilice